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In 1810, industrialist Henri De Gorge bought the Grand-Hornu coal mine in the Borinage, a famous mining region in Belgium.
Crachet-Picquery in Frameries
The Crachet-Picquery coal mine was one of 11 mining settlements operated by the Charbonnage de Frameries in and around the Borinage commune of the same name.
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Tuesday, May 15, 1934. In the Fief de Lambrechies mine in Quaregnon (Belgium), 46 miners are trapped like rats 821 metres underground after a mine gas explosion. Eleven rescuers dive into the shaft in search of survivors.
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